Slavey

Athabaskan language spoken among the Slavey First Nations of Canada in the Northwest Territories where it also has official status
Language language Q13272
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Slavey is a language [1] spoken in Canada [2].

Slavey

Summary

Slavey is a language[1]. Slavey ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (523 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Slavey is in the country of Canada[3].
  • Slavey's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Slavey's instance of is recorded as macrolanguage[5].
  • Slavey's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Slavey is a type of Northern Athabaskan[7].
  • Slavey's writing system is recorded as Latin script[8].
  • Slavey's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Slavey languages[9].
  • Slavey's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+2120'}[10].
  • Slavey's different from is recorded as Slavic[11].
  • Slavey's indigenous to is recorded as Northwest Territories[12].
  • Slavey's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/DEN[13].

Why It Matters

Slavey ranks in the top 4% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (523 views/month).[2] Slavey has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Slavey is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Canada 2016 Census. www12.statcan.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Indigenous to Northwest Territories
    Number of speakers, writers, or signers {'amount': '+2120'}
    Topic's main category Category:Slavey languages
    Instance of language, macrolanguage, modern language
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007548630605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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